The celebrations of the country’s independence are not the same for Native Americans. As a year of events, re-enactments, seminars, and commemorative coin creation gets under way to mark 250 years ...

Remembering the humanity of Indigenous peoples on International Human Rights Day Dennis Zotigh On December 10, 1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted and announced the proclamation of the ...

Hisle, S.D. — Katherine Goodlow is only 20, but she has experienced enough to know that people around her are dying too young. Goodlow, a member of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, said she's lost six ...

Last week, the U.S. Department of the Interior released a more than 100-page report on the federal Indigenous boarding schools designed to assimilate Native Americans in the late 19th and the early ...

Freshwater mussels play an important role in keeping the Great Lakes healthy, but experts say native mussels in Michigan are ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Omer Awan is a practicing physician who covers public health. BOSTON, MA - NOVEMBER 29: Members of the Wampanoag Nation ...

Indigenous people were forcibly removed from their homelands – in some cases, to create national parks - yet individuals and Tribal communities maintain strong connections to the lands that have ...

Native Americans are subject to federal income taxes, while tribes set their own sales taxes Andy Smith is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), licensed realtor and educator with over 35 years of ...

Native American culture is often misunderstood and is frequently appropriated. Sometimes, even the most progressive non-Natives can say things they don't realize are offensive to Native friends and ...